SDN

February 21, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Transforming into a Mobile Cloud Services Provider

3 min read

Mobile network operators face interesting challenges today. Their customers have fully embraced the digital world, and that digital world keeps expanding. Most individuals have multiple devices, and more “things” are getting connected each day. However, for the most part, revenues for the Mobile operator remain flat. Many of the applications and services used are provided […]

February 19, 2016

DATA CENTER

Changes, Part 1 – David Bowie, Containers and Cisco Live Berlin

4 min read

On January 10, David Bowie passed away. He was an icon in the music world, with a career spanning 5 decades, and selling 140 million albums, with many going to...

February 18, 2016

CLOUD

Moving to the DevOps Model with Cisco and Ansible

2 min read

Written by Shane Corban and Mike Cohen Today, SDN is being embraced by many companies to increase operational speed and efficiency of network management, and Cisco ACI is rapidly becoming the SDN solution of choice. A key part of Cisco’s SDN work is collaborations and integration with a diverse group of industry leaders and innovators. […]

February 17, 2016

DATA CENTER

Excitement in the air! More customers are embracing Cisco ACI

2 min read

Live from Cisco Live Berlin...   Eight customers joined @SoniJiandani on stage in telling their stories on why Cisco SDN...

February 16, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Service Provider Opportunities and Strategies in IoT

1 min read

On February 9, Cisco held a Cisco Knowledge Network (CKN) webinar hosted by John Shelnutt, Vice President, Global SP Mobility, on the topic of “Service Provider Opportunities and Strategies in IoT”. The webinar attracted nearly 200 attendees to hear the results of the thought leadership Internet-of-Things (IoT) study done by Machina Research on behalf of […]

February 15, 2016

NETWORKING

NFV Is Not Just For Service Providers

3 min read

What comes to mind when you hear the term Network Functions Virtualization(NFV)?  Until recently, at least in my mind, the answers were ‘Service Providers’, ‘vCPE’, ‘Cloud’. If you don’t know what NFV is, read this blog post first and come back. But why does NFV have to be exclusively for service providers?  At the end of […]

February 12, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Learn About Cisco NFVI

1 min read

The market opportunity for new service creation, cost savings and greater agility is rapidly evolving. Increasingly, virtualization capabilities are a major part of this evolution. Service providers have a tremendous opportunity to transform their business, their architecture, and their customers’ experiences by utilizing advanced Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) capabilities across domains and specifically in data […]

February 1, 2016

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Cisco Service Provider is Bringing Cloud Scale Networking to Cisco Live Berlin

3 min read

Cisco Live Berlin 2016 is almost here and we would like to highlight a few key points that this event can bring your way. As you know networks are an essential part of business, education, government, and home communications. Every company in every vertical industry is facing unprecedented competitive pressure from new players making innovative […]

January 29, 2016

DATA CENTER

Cisco ACI: Overcoming the ‘Stack Fallacy’

2 min read

There’s a new buzz phrase making the rounds recently around the concept of the “stack fallacy,” with the premise being that market leaders in any industry are well adept...